Texas is open 100%, mask mandate ended

I'm in ATX. It's ludicrous pandering to his base to keep his job rather than considering public health during an on-going pandemic that can resurge at any time. The twitterverse is also enraged that stores like H-E-B dropped their mandatory mask requirements also. This signals I'm going to have to stay inside even more because another large wave of an extremely-contagious mutant SARS-CoV-2 strain is now inevitable due to myopic, political idiocy. Abbott and his ilk are proud of their risky anti-intellectualism.

Too often I see white collar workers with the privilege of working cushy jobs from home sell blue collar workers and small businesses down the river by advocating for harsh shutdowns that destroy jobs, lives and businesses.

It's easy to say that everyone should be locked down from the ivory tower of the software industry. That doesn't help the 32,000 laid off Disneyland employees who now can't pay rent, buy food or provide for themselves.

The same governments responsible for destroying those people and businesses offer zero compensation.

Additionally, it's sad to see depression, worsening diet and obesity and suicides totally ignored whenever these decisions are made. It's evil.

In California, youth mental health hospitalizations have skyrocketed. [1] According to government, this doesn't even register as a consideration when instituting lockdowns.

[1] https://abc7news.com/suicide-covid-19-mental-health-teen-cor...

Lockdowns are worsening wealth inquality at a truly grand scale. The Fed prints cash like never before and funnels it straight to banks, which lend money to prop up asset prices for the wealthy to benefit almost exclusively.

I don't expect anything different from the right-wing leadership that lead to refusal to winterize and regulate their power grid enough to prevent a fair market.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.